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Title: Millennials: The Most Educated Generation?

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Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: Millennials are on track to become the most educated generation in the coming years. Educational attainment has increased among young adults in almost every successive business cycle in the last six decades. While about 17.6% of 29-year-olds had at least Bachelor’s degree in the early 1970’s, about 35.3% of 29-year-olds had at least a Bachelor’s degree in the past decade. This issue brief documents the changes in college attainment over time for the U.S. population by age and by generation. We report the college attainment rate for each age group or generation (“percent with a college degree”).

Url: https://gspp.berkeley.edu/assets/uploads/page/College_Attainment_Issue_Brief_(1).pdf

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Authors: Hawkins, James

Publisher: Berkeley Institute for the Future of Young Americans

Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS CPS

Topics: Aging and Retirement, Education

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